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Table 2 Baseline data on antimicrobial soap consumption among 332 long-term care facilities (LTCFs) stratified by types of settings, Hungary, 2013

From: Use of hand hygiene agents as a surrogate marker of compliance in Hungarian long-term care facilities: first nationwide survey

Type of LTCF

Number of LTCFs n (%)

Number of healthcare workers (HCWs)

Annual consumption of antimicrobial soap in litres

Distribution of antimicrobial soap consumption, mL/HCWs per day

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

10th percentile

Median

90th percentile

General nursing homes

259 (78)

18.0 (22–166)

50.0 (0–1200)

0.6

12.1

32.6

LTCFs for the physically disabled people

40 (12)

51.0 (5–136)

77.5 (0–1680)

2.2

9.8

26.3

Psychiatric LTCFs

19 (5.7)

40.0 (12–310)

120.0 (12–300)

1.4

13.9

39.1

Rehabilitation centres

2 (0.6)

23.5 (5–42)

21.5 (0–43)

0

0.1

Other LTCFs

12 (3.6)

9.0 (5–30)

42.0 (5–200)

0.3

16.8

59.5

Total

332

20.0 (22–310)

60 (0–1680)

0.7

12.1

32.8